"Adrestia Adrestia (Ancient Greek: Ἀδρήστεια) in Greek mythology ""she who cannot be escaped"" is the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and known to accompany her father Ares to war. She was venerated as a goddess of revolt, just retribution and sublime balance between good and evil. Because of her role in revenge and retribution, she was usually portrayed with Nemesis, and sometimes identical to Nemesis herself, who had the epithet of Adrestia or Adrasteia. She was also believed to be another war figure, similar to her brothers Phobos and Deimos. The union between Ares and Aphrodite produced many children: Eros"
"Nemesis In ancient Greek religion, Nemesis (; Ancient Greek: Νέμεσις), also called Rhamnousia or Rhamnusia (""the goddess of Rhamnous""), is the goddess who enacts retribution against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods). Another name is Adrasteia (or Adrestia), meaning ""the inescapable"". The name ""Nemesis"" is related to the Greek word νέμειν ""némein"", meaning ""to give what is due"", from Proto-Indo-European ""nem-"" ""distribute"". Divine retribution is a major theme in the Hellenic world view, providing the unifying theme of the tragedies of Sophocles and many other literary works. Hesiod states: ""Also deadly Nyx bore Nemesis an affliction to"
"is a major deity within Hellenismos (Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism), a Neopagan religion which seeks to authentically revive and recreate the religion of ancient Greece in the modern world. Unlike Wiccans, Hellenists are usually strictly polytheistic or pantheistic. Hellenists venerate Aphrodite primarily as the goddess of romantic love, but also as a goddess of sexuality, the sea, and war. Her many epithets include ""Sea Born"", ""Killer of Men"", ""She upon the Graves"", ""Fair Sailing"", and ""Ally in War"". Aphrodite Aphrodite is an ancient Greek goddess associated with love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is identified with the planet Venus, which is"
"to her, in common with Aphrodite, Panaceia, Hygieia, and Athena Paeonia. Iaso had lots of children. Iaso Iaso (; , ""Iasō"") or Ieso (; , ""Iēsō"") was the Greek goddess of recuperation from illness. The daughter of Asclepius, she had five sisters: Aceso, Aglæa/Ægle, Hygieia, Panacea, and Meditrina (Roman). All six were associated with some aspect of health or healing. For more information on the genealogy of Iaso, see Panacea. Pausanias (author of ""Periegesis of Greece"") wrote this of Amphiaraus in Oropos, Attica, in the 2nd century A.D.: ""The altar shows parts. One part is to Heracles, Zeus, and Apollo"
"Iaso Iaso (; , ""Iasō"") or Ieso (; , ""Iēsō"") was the Greek goddess of recuperation from illness. The daughter of Asclepius, she had five sisters: Aceso, Aglæa/Ægle, Hygieia, Panacea, and Meditrina (Roman). All six were associated with some aspect of health or healing. For more information on the genealogy of Iaso, see Panacea. Pausanias (author of ""Periegesis of Greece"") wrote this of Amphiaraus in Oropos, Attica, in the 2nd century A.D.: ""The altar shows parts. One part is to Heracles, Zeus, and Apollo Healer, another is given up to heroes and to wives of heroes, the third is to"
"(the god of love), Anteros (the god of requited love), Phobos (the god of fear), Deimos (the god of terror) and Harmonia (the goddess of harmony and concord), besides Adrestia herself. Gods would try to get on her side and she would be fought over by the gods and titans. Adrestia Adrestia (Ancient Greek: Ἀδρήστεια) in Greek mythology ""she who cannot be escaped"" is the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite and known to accompany her father Ares to war. She was venerated as a goddess of revolt, just retribution and sublime balance between good and evil. Because of her role"
"the name used in the times of Ancient Greece. Athena reincarnates on Earth when it is consumed by evil. Unlike the other Greek deities that Masami Kurumada used as antagonists, like Hades or Poseidon, she returns to Earth as herself, without possessing the body of a human. As Athena returns to Earth, and 88 Saints appear to assist and protect her in the fulfilling of her mission when the time is ripe, as Masami Kurumada revealed in the sequel to the original manga """". Masami Kurumada revealed in volume 1 of ""Saint Seiya"" that Athena had battled in the age"
"Persephone In Greek mythology, Persephone ( ; ), also called Kore ( ; ""the maiden""), is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter. Homer describes her as the formidable, venerable majestic queen of the underworld, who carries into effect the curses of men upon the souls of the dead. She becomes the queen of the underworld through her abduction by and subsequent marriage to Hades, the god of the underworld. The myth of her abduction represents her function as the personification of vegetation, which shoots forth in spring and withdraws into the earth after harvest; hence, she is also associated with"
"the King of the gods, who in this aspect is referred to as Zeus Horkios (guardian of oaths); in circumstances where other divine entities were named, they too took responsibility for retribution. Alan H. Sommerstein, Isabelle C. Torrance, ""Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece"", Berlin 2014 Horkos In Greek mythology, the figure of Horkos (Greek: , ""oath"") personifies the curse that will be inflicted on any person who swears a false oath. In Aesop’s Fables there is a cautionary story, numbered 239 in the Perry Index, indicating that retribution is swift where the god is defied. Oath-taking and the penalties"
"and Hera returns to the battlefield where the gods begin to fight amongst themselves. Echo Semele and Dionysus Lamia Gerana Cydippe Tiresias Chelone The Golden Fleece The Metamorphoses Ixion Hera Hera (; , ""Hērā""; , ""Hērē"" in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of women, marriage, family, and childbirth in ancient Greek religion and myth, one of the Twelve Olympians and the sister-wife of Zeus. She is the daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Hera rules over Mount Olympus as queen of the gods. A matronly figure, Hera served as both the patroness and protectress of married women,"
"Roman counterpart of Eleos, (not to be confused with Soteria), the Greek goddess of mercy and forgiveness who had a shrine in Athens. In traditional imagery, she is depicted holding a branch (possibly an olive tree branch) and a scepter and may be leaning on a column. Clementia In Roman mythology, Clementia was the goddess of clemency, leniency, mercy, forgiveness, penance, redemption, absolution and salvation. She was defined as a celebrated virtue of Julius Caesar, who was famed for his forbearance, especially following Caesar's civil war with Pompey from 49 BC. In 44 BC, a temple was consecrated to her"
"Athena (DC Comics) Athena is a character in DC Comics. She is based off the Greek deity of the same name. Athena first appeared in ""All-Star Comics"" #8 and was adapted by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter. Athena is the Greek Goddess of Wisdom. She had a hand in helping her fellow Gods into bringing Queen Hippolyta's sculpture of a little girl to life which played into the origin of Wonder Woman. In the Post-Crisis, Athena was present at a meeting with her fellow Gods in to talk about the dwindling worshipping from the mortals. After Zeus deemed"
"Harmonia In Greek mythology, Harmonia (; ) is the immortal goddess of harmony and concord. Her Roman counterpart is Concordia. Her Greek opposite is Eris, whose Roman counterpart is Discordia. There was also a nymph called Harmonia. According to Apollonius of Rhodes, she was a naiad of the Akmonian Wood who was mother of the Amazons. According to one account, she is the daughter of Ares and Aphrodite. By another account, Harmonia was from Samothrace and was the daughter of Zeus and Electra, her brother Iasion being the founder of the mystic rites celebrated on the island. Almost always, Harmonia"
"Astraea Astraea, Astrea or Astria (; ""star-maiden"" or ""starry night""), in ancient Greek religion, is a daughter of Astraeus and Eos. She is the virgin goddess of justice, innocence, purity and precision. She is closely associated with the Greek goddess of justice, Dike (daughter of Zeus and Themis). She is not to be confused with Asteria, the goddess of the stars and the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe. Astraea, the celestial virgin, was the last of the immortals to live with humans during the Golden Age, one of the old Greek religion's five deteriorating Ages of Man. According to Ovid,"
"Aphrodite (DC Comics) Aphrodite is a character in DC Comics. She is based on the Greek deity of the same name. Aphrodite first appeared in ""All-Star Comics"" #8 and was adapted by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter. Aphrodite is the Greek Olympian Goddess of Love, Beauty, Pleasure, and Sex. While fair, loving and at times mischievous, the goddess' interest in the desires of the heart, the spirit and the flesh lead her to be promiscuous, tumultuous, fickle and impulsive. In the Pre-Crisis, Aphrodite is one of the patron goddesses who gave life to the Amazons of Themyscira. She"
"that Princess Diana spreads love not by force, but by inspiration, and the gods then return to their home on Mount Olympus. Aphrodite (DC Comics) Aphrodite is a character in DC Comics. She is based on the Greek deity of the same name. Aphrodite first appeared in ""All-Star Comics"" #8 and was adapted by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter. Aphrodite is the Greek Olympian Goddess of Love, Beauty, Pleasure, and Sex. While fair, loving and at times mischievous, the goddess' interest in the desires of the heart, the spirit and the flesh lead her to be promiscuous, tumultuous,"
"the rock he had made fall from the sky. She was possibly the unknown Amazon who was slain by Bellerophon in Lycia. Otrera In Greek mythology, Otrera ( ""Otrērē"") was a Queen of the Amazons; the daughter of Eurus (the east wind), consort of Ares and mother of Hippolyta, Antiope, Melanippe, and Penthesilea. Otrera is sometimes considered the mythological founder of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, which was closely connected with Amazons. She is also sometimes considered the founder of the Amazon nation. She attracted the attention of Ares, a Greek God of war, and they had a few"
"Lycian city named Tlos after himself. Cragus may be identical with the figure of the same name mentioned as the husband of Milye, sister of Solymus. Praxidike In Greek mythology, Praxidike (, ) is the goddess of judicial punishment and the exactor of vengeance, which were two closely allied concepts in the classical Greek world-view. The Orphic hymn to Persephone identifies Praxidike as an epithet of Persephone: ""Praxidike, subterranean queen. The Eumenides’ source [mother], fair-haired, whose frame proceeds from Zeus’ ineffable and secret seeds."" As ""praxis"" ""practice, application"" of ""dike"" ""justice"", she is sometimes identified with Dike, goddess of justice."
"Artemis Artemis (; Artemis, ), in the ancient Greek religion and myth, is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals and chastity. Artemis is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the patron and protector of young girls, and was believed to bring disease upon women and relieve them of it. In later Hellenistic times, she even assumed the role of Eileithyia in aiding women during childbirth. Much like Athena and Hestia, Artemis preferred to remain a maiden and is sworn never to marry. Artemis was one of the most widely"
"Greek mythology. Hades, lord of the underworld married a young maiden goddess named Persephone. Demeter was her mother and was heartbroken at the fate of Persephone having to live forever in hell. As the goddess of fertility and agriculture, her grief caused winter to come. As a compromise it was arranged for Persephone to only spend half the year with her husband. Thus we have winter and summer annually. Since springtime comes when Persephone returns to the surface she has become a symbol of youth, rebirth and spring. However, in Greek mythology, Hades and Persephone never have any children. A"
"avenge the death of the Amazon-like female warrior Camilla. Diana gives Opis magical weapons for revenge on Camilla's killer, the Etruscan Arruns. Opis sees and laments Camilla's death and shoots Arruns in revenge as directed by Diana. In modern Greek folklore, the term ""nereid"" (, ""neráida"") has come to be used for all nymphs, fairies, or mermaids, not merely nymphs of the sea. Nereid, a moon of the planet Neptune, is named after the Nereids. ""This list is correlated from four sources: Homer's ""Iliad"", Hesiod's ""Theogony"", the ""Bibliotheca"", and Hyginus"""". Because of this, the total number of names goes beyond"
"Nemesis at Potsdam Nemesis at Potsdam is a 1977 book whose title is drawn from Greek mythology; Nemesis is the Greek goddess of revenge. The implication is that at the Potsdam Conference (17 July to 2 August 1945) the victorious Allies of World War II took revenge on the Germans, entailing significant territorial losses in Eastern Europe and the forced transfer of some 15 million Germans from their homelands in East Prussia, Pomerania, Silesia, East Brandenburg, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia. The book is the first scholarly study in the English concerning the expulsion of Germans after World War II. It"
"Hedone Hedone was the personification and goddess of pleasure, enjoyment, and delight. Hedone, also known as Voluptas in Roman mythology, is the daughter of the Greek gods Eros (Cupid) and Psyche. She was associated more specifically with sensual pleasure. Her opposites were the Algos, personifications of pain. ""Hēdonē"" () is a Greek word meaning pleasure, and is the root of the English word ""hedonism"". In the philosophy of Epicurus, hēdonē is described as a pleasure that may or may not derive from actions that are virtuous, whereas another form of pleasure, ""terpsis"", is always virtuous. According to the Stanford Encyclopedia"
"kind of ""Imperial Fortuna"" who dispensed Imperial retribution on the one hand, and Imperially subsidised gifts on the other; both were functions of the popular gladiatorial Ludi held in Roman arenas. She is shown on a few examples of Imperial coinage as ""Nemesis-Pax"", mainly under Claudius and Hadrian. In the third century AD, there is evidence of the belief in an all-powerful ""Nemesis-Fortuna"". She was worshipped by a society called Hadrian's freedmen. Ammianus Marcellinus includes her in a digression on Justice following his description of the death of Gallus Caesar. Nemesis In ancient Greek religion, Nemesis (; Ancient Greek: Νέμεσις),"
"Sun and shine it in the Underworld. Zeus destroys the ship with his lightning bolt, killing all the men except for Odysseus. Goddess of snow, ice and wind, Khione is daughter of Boreas, god of the cold north-winds. Odyssean gods The Odyssean gods are the ancient Greek gods referenced in Homer's ""Odyssey"". The story's major gods include Athena, Poseidon, Calypso and Circe; minor gods include Ino, Hermes, Zeus, and Heracles. The Odyssey's major gods include Athena, Poseidon, Calypso, and Circe. Athena is the Greek goddess of wisdom and battle strategy, and was also the patron goddess of heroes. Odysseus was"
"Mnemosyne Mnemosyne (; , ) is the goddess of memory in Greek mythology. ""Mnemosyne"" is derived from the same source as the word ""mnemonic"", that being the Greek word ""mnēmē"", which means ""remembrance, memory"". Mnemosyne is the mother of the nine Muses. A Titanide, or Titaness, Mnemosyne was the daughter of the Titans Uranus and Gaia. Mnemosyne was the mother of the nine Muses, fathered by her nephew, Zeus: In Hesiod’s ""Theogony"", kings and poets receive their powers of authoritative speech from their possession of Mnemosyne and their special relationship with the Muses. Zeus, in a form of a mortal"
"Hera Hera (; , ""Hērā""; , ""Hērē"" in Ionic and Homeric Greek) is the goddess of women, marriage, family, and childbirth in ancient Greek religion and myth, one of the Twelve Olympians and the sister-wife of Zeus. She is the daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea. Hera rules over Mount Olympus as queen of the gods. A matronly figure, Hera served as both the patroness and protectress of married women, presiding over weddings and blessing marital unions. One of Hera's defining characteristics is her jealous and vengeful nature against Zeus' numerous lovers and illegitimate offspring, as well as the"
"modern version of Hippolyta would combine elements of her earlier incarnations and take on greater importance in the series. Hippolyta's origins underwent a revision after writer George Pérez' revamp of Wonder Woman in 1987. In that continuity, Hippolyta and the rest of the Themyscirian Amazons were created by a select group of the Olympian gods, which included Artemis, Athena, Hestia, Demeter and Aphrodite. These goddesses reincarnated the souls of women gathered by the earth-goddess Gaea (women who had been slain by man's ignorance and fear). They sent these souls (Hippolyta's original incarnation was a pregnant cavewoman slain circa 32,000 BCE)"
"Aidos Aidos (Greek: , ) was the Greek goddess of shame, modesty, respect, and humility. Aidos, as a quality, was that feeling of reverence or shame which restrains men from wrong. It also encompassed the emotion that a rich person might feel in the presence of the impoverished, that wealth was more a matter of luck than merit. She was the last goddess to leave the earth after the Golden Age. She was a close companion of the goddess of vengeance Nemesis. One source calls her daughter of Prometheus. Mythologically, she is often considered to be more of a personification"
"the Greek myth of Persephone, who was taken to the Underworld by Hades. Her mother Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, was so sad that she struck the world with fall and winter. While in the underworld Persephone ate six of the twelve pomegranate seeds given to her by Hades; consequently, she was forced to spend half the year, from then on, in the Underworld, representative of autumn and winter, or the death in the death-rebirth myth. The other half of the year Persephone was permitted to be with Demeter in the mortal realm, which represents spring and summer, or"
"Aergia Aergia (Greek: , ""inactivity"") is a goddess in Greek mythology, a personification of sloth, idleness, indolence and laziness. She is the daughter of Aether and Gaia. She is said to guard the court of Hypnos in the Underworld. Aergia is the transliteration of the Latin Socordia, or Ignavia. She was transliterated to Greek because Hyginus mentioned her based on a Greek source, and thus can be considered as both a Greek and Roman goddess. Her opposite character is Horme, a goddess of effort. As the goddess of sloth she owns many servants who do her bidding from the mortal"
"Praxidike In Greek mythology, Praxidike (, ) is the goddess of judicial punishment and the exactor of vengeance, which were two closely allied concepts in the classical Greek world-view. The Orphic hymn to Persephone identifies Praxidike as an epithet of Persephone: ""Praxidike, subterranean queen. The Eumenides’ source [mother], fair-haired, whose frame proceeds from Zeus’ ineffable and secret seeds."" As ""praxis"" ""practice, application"" of ""dike"" ""justice"", she is sometimes identified with Dike, goddess of justice. The plural Praxidikai refers to the following groups of mythological figures who presided over exacting of justice: 1. Arete and Homonoia, daughters of Praxidike and Soter,"
"whose worship Antiope was devoted, visited her with madness, causing her to wander restlessly all over Greece until she was cured. This myth is similar to that of Io, a priestess of the goddess Hera in Argos who was stung by a gadfly and wandered in madness to Egypt. Her sons Cadmus and Danaos returned to Greece, where they became kings of ""Thebes"" and ""Argos"". Antiope of Thebes In Greek mythology, Antiope (; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη derived from ""αντι ""anti ""against, compared to, like"" and ""οψ ""ops ""voice"") was the daughter of the Boeotian river god Asopus, according to Homer;"